Regional Cohesion and Competition in the Age of Globalization
Author: Hirotada Kōno
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 432
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the impact and implications of European expansion as well as developments in the Asia-Pacific region, and examines driving forces, backgrounds, obstacles, and opportunities for regions to become powerful global players. Chapters are in sections on trade, welfare, and growth; spatial interaction and competition; and globalization and regional policy. Topics include patterns of industrialization, trade between Taiwan and Canada, patterns of structural unemployment in the EU, and the relationship between information development and economic development. Kohno is professor emeritus at the Institute of Socio- Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR